New Media Investment Group Inc., the parent company of GateHouse Media which owns the Providence Journal, reported 2015 results this week, showing profit of $67.6 million, or $1.52 per diluted share, reversing a previous-year loss of $3.2 million, or 10 cents per diluted share.
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Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Loretta Mester said fundamentals underlying the U.S. economy remain strong and the central bank should stay on track for a gradual tightening of monetary policy this year.
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Rhode Island’s capital city is one of four cities in the nation chosen by the National Resource Network and New York University for a pilot program that uses city-level health data to help shape policy decisions and public health investments.
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Twenty-three percent of Rhode Island’s population of 1 million lives in distressed zip codes, according to an interactive report released Thursday by the Economic Innovation Group, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit.
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Growing a company’s brand and growing its business are two different things that need to be approached differently, according to panelists at Thursday’s Providence Business News Summit, “Growing and Protecting Your Brand.”
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